Friday Osaka handshake event pairs

Lane assignments for Friday's pairs handshake event in Osaka. Mini-live begins in nine hours, at noon, and goes until 1pm. Handshake begins in 11 hours, at 2pm, and goes until 6pm.

●第1レーン: 今泉佑唯 Imaizumi Yui

●第2レーン: 小林由依 Kobayashi Yui

●第3レーン: 菅井友香 Sugai Yuuka

●第4レーン: 長濱ねる Nagahama Neru

●第5レーン: 渡辺梨加 Watanabe Rika

●第6レーン: 渡邉理佐 Watanabe Risa

●第7レーン: 石森虹花・鈴本美愉 Ishimori Nijika - Suzumoto Miyu

●第8レーン: 上村莉菜・尾関梨香 Uemura Rina - Ozeki Rika

●第9レーン: 織田奈那・土生瑞穂 Oda Nana - Habu Mizuho

●第10レーン: 小池美波・佐藤詩織 Koike Minami - Satou Shiori

●第11レーン: 齋藤冬優花・長沢菜々香 Saitou Fuyuka - Nagasawa Nanako

●第12レーン: 守屋茜・米谷奈々未 Moriya Akane - Yonetani Nanami

●第13レーン: 井口眞緒・加藤史帆 Iguchi Mao - Katou Shiho

●第14レーン: 潮紗理菜・高瀬愛奈 Ushio Sarina - Takase Mana

●第15レーン: 柿崎芽実・金村美玖 Kakizaki Memi - Kanemura Miku

●第16レーン: 影山優佳・濱岸ひより Kageyama Yuuka - Hamagishi Hiyori

●第17レーン: 齊藤京子・宮田愛萌 Saitou Kyouko - Miyata Manamo

●第18レーン: 佐々木久美・東村芽依 Sasaki Kumi - Higashimura Mei

●第19レーン: 佐々木美玲・富田鈴花 Sasaki Mirei - Tomita Suzuka

●第20レーン: 高本彩花・小坂菜緒 Takamoto Ayaka - Kosaka Nao

●第21レーン: 河田陽菜・丹生明里 Kawata Hina - Nibu Akari

●第22レーン: 松田好花・渡邉美穂 Matsuda Konoka - Watanabe Miho

※志田愛佳、原田葵、平手友梨奈はミニLIVE、握手会ともに欠席とさせて頂きます

Shida Manaka, Harada Aoi and Hirate Yurina will not be participating in either the mini-live or the handshake event.

I guess the six singleton lanes are the members who are most popular in handshake (in Japanese alphabetical order). There are a number of pairs to ponder: Nijika/Monta (two serious dancers), Rina/Rika (two cute Tokyoites), Oda/Habu (mature pair), Sarina/Manafi (both love Mary Poppins), Mirei/Paripi (both capable, but so different in style), Takemoto/Nao (two very different kinds of extremely attractive).

But the two lanes that most intrigue me personally are Memi/Miku in 14 and Kage/Hiyo-tan in 15. I think of Miku and Kage as two very quick, clever, nervous, talented members. And Memi/Hiyo as two members who speak more slowly and are unpredictable and a bit nuts. So the Memi/Miku and Kage/Hiyo pairs each balance two styles. I wonder how that will work out. Will the two different personalities get along? I look forward to seeing them paired with the member more similar to them someday: two smart, nervous, quick girls; and two slower-paced, relaxed, crazy girls. But might that be explosive?

In a previous handshake, a mischievous poster posted about meeting Miho and Memi as a pair. He said he asked Miho to say "kissy, kissy," which she slowly did. Then he asked Memi to give a full four-second bow to him. She apparently just stared at him "as if I was kitchen garbage." Maybe Memi was letting Miho (and the guest) know that it's okay for a member to reject things she doesn't want to do.

Sarina and Manafi went to see a stage version of Mary Poppins together:

In her blog, Manafi kind of apologized to Memi for going with Sarina, saying they were together a lot as part of the same team for Hiragana's own stage play, Ayumi, but saying she still was suffering from "Memi loss" because they have been rehearing and acting in separate teams for the past several weeks.